Scuola Sci Oltre il Colle

You book by phone on 350 1230498, the number the school gives for information and bookings, or by writing to info@scuolascioltreilcolle.it or using the contact form on the website. Lessons last 55 minutes and take place in any weather, even in falling snow.

In the 2025-26 season a private alpine or Nordic ski lesson cost 45 euros an hour for one person, plus 10 euros for each extra person. For alpine skiing there were three group courses at 150 euros: at Christmas from 27 to 31 December and at Epiphany from 1 to 5 January, from 11 to 13, and the Sunday course in January and February, from 15 to 17; equipment could be rented on site. The prices are also set out in this guide's page on the ski school and rental in Zambla.

For Nordic skiing the school names the trails of the Passo Colle di Zambla and Pian della Palla, which cross the woods and meadows of the north side of Monte Alben and are groomed for both classic and skating technique, with artificial snow on part of the course; the website is inconsistent on the length, 13 kilometres on one page and 12 on another. For alpine skiing the dedicated page mentions only the Conca dell'Alben, while the home page and the «Dove siamo» page also name the Costa Nebel in Zambla Alta.

The Monte Alben slopes and trails are managed by the Sci Club Valserina, to which the municipality paid the advance and the balance of its grant for winter 2025-26; the agreement between the municipalities of Oltre il Colle and Serina and the Sci Club covered the period from 1 November 2024 to 30 August 2026. On 1 October 2026 the municipal noticeboard did not yet show a new act for the 2026-27 season: before booking it is worth asking the school whether the trails are open.

With children the school says it tailors teaching to each child's level from their first steps on snow, and requires all pupils to wear a helmet, citing the legal obligation. With adults it follows the pupil from the first runs to refining technique. The specialisation in teaching people with disabilities appears among the director's disciplines: it is worth mentioning when booking.

Since at least 2023, according to municipal records, the school's instructors have taught the cross-country course for the pupils of the Oltre il Colle primary school, funded through the right-to-education plan and agreed with the teachers of the Istituto comprensivo Valle Serina: in 2026 it took place on 25, 26 and 27 February, from 9 to 12, with 504 euros of lessons and equipment rented from Edo Sport.

The website is inconsistent on the number of instructors: the home page says 11, the presentation page 10, and the list of names gives ten: eight teach Nordic skiing, nine Nordic walking and three alpine skiing. Some, the school explains, work with various ski clubs to train athletes. In the regional register of ski schools, among Regione Lombardia's open data, the school appears as «Scuola di sci di Oltre il Colle – Associazione maestri di sci», for alpine and cross-country skiing and not for snowboarding, with winter-only activity; the record, however, refers to the 2019-20 season.

For Nordic walking, which it presents among the area's outdoor activities, the Pro Loco refers to the instructors of the «Scuola N.W. di Oltre il Colle» with the same number, 347 5061501, that it gives for the ski school. At the start of 2026, among the holiday events, the torchlight descent of the Oltre il Colle ski instructors on the Conca dell'Alben slopes was scheduled for 2 January, from 17.30.

The number the school publishes on its own website for information and bookings is the mobile 350 1230498, the same one that VisitBrembo, the tourism portal of the Val Brembana, gives as the contact for the Monte Alben trails. The Pro Loco, in its 2026 list, and the regional register of ski schools give 347 5061501 instead, and the list of member schools of AMSI Lombardia, published in 2023, a third number: the safest reference remains the one on the website.

The email is info@scuolascioltreilcolle.it and the school also has a Facebook page. The registered office is at via Belvedere 16 in Serina, in the hamlet of Valpiana, outside the municipality of Oltre il Colle; lessons take place on the trails listed above.

At the Colle di Zambla, where the cross-country trails start, there is a free public car park mapped on OpenStreetMap, and Arriva–Bergamo Trasporti line B arrives there, with its terminus at Passo Zambla, changing at Zogno and with buses Monday to Saturday. Since 20 November 2025, under municipal order no. 33/2025, the dirt road between the Colle di Zambla and Pian della Palla has been closed to traffic and serves as a Nordic ski trail, entrusted to the Sci Club Valserina.

Pian della Palla, the other access to the cross-country trail, is reached from the village of Oltre il Colle, as the Pro Loco indicates, and according to VisitBrembo the Conca dell'Alben, where the downhill slopes are, can also be reached from the main village.